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dinny_g wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 2:40 pm

mik wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 1:51 pm I’m now all the way through the grips at the front, so will need to replace soon.

Choose a pair with a Vibram sole to avoid this problem.

Hmm - Salomon don't seem to offer Vibram. (Mine are their proprietry "Contagrip", which is grip for..... well anyway).

Switch to Merrell (or similar) next time?

I would - I'm very hard on soles but all of my Vibrams ones are still great - loads of thread etc. Even some that 1re 15+ years old

Vibram isn’t what it once was. Granted they’re better than your average soles but I can still wear through a pair in a matter of months

Ah shame that. My newest pair of shoes with Vibram (merrells as it happens) are 12 years old

Nothings as good as it used to be #GrumpyOldGit

I have a pair of Deamon Crystalo hiking boots I bought in 1993 which still have them plenty of thread

mik wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 1:51 pm I have a very similar pair of goretex Salmon walking shoes - I’m now all the way through the grips at the front, so will need to replace soon.

Edit : these ones in fact

That sounds fishy. Could it be a manufacturing problem?

DeskJockey wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 9:32 pm

That sounds fishy. Could it be a manufacturing problem?

Dunno. They are only a couple of years old and the uppers are like new, but they are used daily as my go-anywhere dog walking shoes, so maybe it’s not abnormal?

Wasted opportunity for punage.

Apologies - I had a bit of a haddock earlier.